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Mecocephala

Insecta - Hemiptera - Pentatomidae

Taxonomy
Mecocephala was named by Dallas (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Halydidae by Dallas (1851); to Pentatominae by Scudder (1890); and to Carpocorini by Barros et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Mecocephala Dallas p. 152
1890Mecocephala Scudder p. 464
2020Mecocephala Barros et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyPentatomoideaLeach 1815
familyPentatomidae
subfamilyPentatominae
tribeCarpocoriniMulsant and Rey 1866
genusMecocephala

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Mecocephala Dallas 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available